Gosset Celebris Vintage 2012

Champagne Gosset based in Aÿ is the oldest wine house in Champagne (1584). Since 1993, the business has been in the ownership of the Cointreau family. Gosset are the proud owners of Grand Cuvée vineyards and source their grapes from a network of growers in Premier and Grand Cru vineyards. The Gosset wines are matured for much longer than legally required, which, along with the suppression of malolactic fermentation, helps to create the wines’ distinctive depth of flavour.

This vintage is only the 9th Gosset Celebris in the last 35 years. The exceptional Gosset Celebris cuvée, the quintessence of the House style, requires a particular freshness of the fruit, from a high-quality harvest. The 2012 harvest expresses all this potential.

The nose offers up fresh pear aromas and notes of citrus, including sweet oranges and grapefruit. Then, as the Champagne warms up, delectable pear and almond pie aromas start to come through.

A well-structured Champagne offering depth, tension and a lovely density. We find citrus and vanilla blossom on entry to the palate, which evolves and develops aromas of gooseberries, raspberries and red cherries with yellow flesh.